Steamin out the Street, Thurs Nov 18th 1982

By late 82 the Cambridge lines out of Liverpool St were perhaps unique to London in that

all trains were still solid steam heat, with a mix of power too. The booked move was “stage bashing”

on a Liv St-Ely day return, effectively leaping on winning power where possible   

 
47116        0835 Liverpool St-Kings Lynn                                        
31202        0700 Cambridge-Liverpool St                        
37052        0719 Cambridge-Liverpool St
37049        0853 Liverpool St-Cambridge                                Liv St-Bishops Stortford
47572        0625 Norwich-Liverpool St
47085        0731 Ely-Liverpool St        
37115        0708 Ipswich-Liverpool St (via Cam)
37052        0935 Liverpool St-Cambridge
31268        0944 Cambridge-Liverpool St
31202        1005 Liverpool St-Cambridge                                Bishops Stortford-Cambridge
47085        1035 Liverpool St-Kings Lynn

18118247085r.jpg Stratford’s popular “namer”, 47085 Mammoth with the 1035 Liv St-Kings Lynn

18118208889r.jpg A very smart Cambridge station pilot in 08889


37115        1105 Ipswich-Cambridge
37036        1205 Liverpool St-Cambridge
31413        1235 Liverpool St-King’s Lynn (steaming, still dual heat in 82)           Cambridge - Ely
31185        1000 Ipswich-Peterboro
31312        1217 Harwich-Peterboro
47085        1335 Kings Lynn-Liverpool St                                Ely - Cambridge
37092        1305 Liverpool St-Cambridge

18118231243r.jpg 31243 worked an engineers service into Cambridge before being used on a Liverpool St turn, note the cab token recess on the ped

31243        1444 Cambridge-Liverpool St                                Cambridge - Liverpool St
47580        1630 Liverpool St-Yarmouth
37115        1635 Liverpool St-King’s Lynn

Crompton thrash out of London Bridge provided the evening action

33064        1720 London Bridge-Uckfield                                London Bridge - East Croydon
33032        1734 London Bridge-East Grinstead                       East Croydon - Oxted
33061        1750 London Bridge-East Grinstead                       Oxted - Hurst Green, thumper back

Rather classic display of power at Euston too!


81005        2100 Euston-Stranraer
85031        2105 Euston-Inverness
85036        2030 Euston-Wolverhampton

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